SHIP: R/H, H/H (was ADMIN...)

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 34037

>> jchutney
 
> Oh, I so don't see Hermione as some heartsick schoolgirl swooning 
> over her true love.  She's too smart for that!  J  No doubt, she 
> wants to throttle him half the time.  However, why should she 
invite 
> him to ask her out if she intends to turn him down?  Such a thing 
is 
> totally out of character for Hermione, who prizes honesty and 
> kindness.  IA that she was pissed off at Ron's assumptions and 
> attacks. I ALSO think there may have been other things fueling her 
> anger.  It's so hard to tell because it's all Harry's POV.

 Hermione is extremely smart and generally acts in a logical manner, 
but this does not exempt her from having emotions and sometimes 
letting them get the better of her. We know that she cries, which is 
normal but not exactly logical behavior. When I read this scene I 
did not get the feeling that she making any kind of offer to accept 
a future "date" from Ron. He made her mad when he made the "we don't 
want to end up with a pair of trolls" comment and then confirms to 
her that he wants to take the prettiest girl who will have him no 
matter what kind of person she is. Then he pouts through the ball 
and acts like Hermione is betraying Harry by going with Krum, 
completely ignoring Harry's protests that it doesn't bother him. IMO 
Hermione is justifiably angry with Ron when this exchange takes 
place, and is verbally trying to knock some sense into him, not 
inviting him to ask her out.



>> In GoF page 253 H says to Harry & Ron re: Cho & Fleur : "When 
> you've both put your eyes back in," said Hermione 
> briskly, "you'll be able to see who's just arrived."

 I though this comment was aimed at both boys, and did not indicate 
an interest in one more than the other. 



> I guess I don't see Ron's feelings for Hermione ending. I am in 
> college but I still love a former boyfriend from High School.  
Just 
> because it doesn't work out, it doesn't mean feelings end.  In 
> addition, I think teens are capable of real love.  Moreover, the 
> point about Ron & the Weasleys is that going after someone your 
> friend desires IS bad form.  In my circle, friendships are sacred. 
If 
> Ron was totally over Hermione, I suppose he might not care
.I just 
> can't see that at this moment.


 I think 14/15 year olds are too young to decide on lifemates. Teens 
may be capable of true love, but that does not mean that all 
relationships formed in teen years are lasting. My experience at 
high school was that romatic relationships formed and disolved on a 
fairly regular basis. Ron seems to have only recently realized what 
kind of feelings he might have for Hermione based on 
Ron's "Hermione, Neville's right-you are a girl....". Whatever 
feelings he may have for her are not clearly formed yet IMHO.



 > OK. This is Harry Potter we're talking about!  It took him a year 
> and half to approach Cho! If Hermione likes him, she had better go 
> after him, cause Harry's way too shy to go after a girl! If 
Hermione 
> decides to pine in secret (and that's ooc IMO), she'll be in a 
> nursing home before H/H happens!  J


 This may be true if Harry stays his 14 year-old self for the rest 
of his life, which I don't see as highly likely. It's true that he 
did not approach Cho for more than a year, but he did gather up the 
courage to ask her to the ball. After she turned him down he 
gathered up his courage once again to ask Parvati. He also asked 
Lavander to go with Ron, and when she was unavailable asked Parvati 
if she knew anyone who was willing to go with Ron. I think Harry 
will be brave enough to approach girls when the inclination to do so 
becomes strong enough
  

 I honestly cannot decide which ship is the most likely based on 
canon evidence. All I got from Harry's POV is that Ron is noticing 
that he has some sort of romantic feeling for Hermione. Harry of 
course has (or had) an unsubstantiated crush on Cho. Hermione is 
hard to read, she could have feelings for either boy, both boys, or 
neither boy based on her actions. I have to agree with the 
assessment that we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Christi